MELD Exceptions and Rates of Waiting List Outcomes
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Addition of serum sodium into the MELD score predicts waiting list mortality better than MELD alone.
In this study, we investigated the prognostic value of serum sodium and hyponatremia (< or =130 mEq/L) in 262 cirrhotic patients consecutively listed, 19 of which died (7%), 175 survived (67%), and 68 underwent liver transplantation (26%) during 3 months of follow-up. Hyponatremia was present in 63% of patients who died, compared to 13% of those who survived (P < .001), whereas the proportion w...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Transplantation
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1600-6135
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03735.x